Americans condemn adultery, but many Europeans don’t — and probably never will
In some regards, Americans and Europeans could not be more different. Germans are known for their nudist beaches, which will be crowded in the coming months, for instance. In the United States, nudity is less welcome, to say the least. Nearly all Europeans are also okay with premarital sex, but every third American thinks it is unacceptable.
And then there's a big one: adultery.
While 84 percent of Americans surveyed believe that adultery is unacceptable, only 47 percent of all French and 60 percent of all Germans think so. The Pew Research survey from 2013 also included other European nations, including Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic, where acceptance of adultery was also higher than in the United States....